Talking-machine.



H. T. & ELI. KINGSBURY.

TALKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED IIILY 22. Is'Is.

1,269,089., I a Patented Jim@ 11, 1918.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

IIIIIIi-IIIINI' IIIIIQIIIIIIIIIIII I H T. L E. J. KINGSBURY.

TALKING MACH|NE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 22,'1916.

Patented .l 11110 11, 1915i 2 sHEETs-sHEET 2. I

f of A 6% Chiel rmla nr -r Y T., KINGSBUBY AND EDWARD J. KNGSBURV'Y, 0F KEENE, NEW EdlxdPSHIIIRE.

TAJLKG-MACHENE.

Specincation of Letters Patent.

Application filed `uly 22, 191e. Serial No. 110,79.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, HARRY T. Kines.

Bunn? and EDWARD J. KINGSBUnY, citizens of the United States, residing at Keene, in the county of Cheshire, State of New Hampshire, have inventedl certain new and useful Improvements in Talking-Machines, of which the following is a description, refer# ence being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the figures of reference marked thereon.

Our invention relates to improvements in talking machines.

One object of our invention is to provide a miniature talking machine in which the horn is supported by the sound bon and'in which the needle holder and stylus can be readily removed and also providing the pivot of the repr'oducer arm as the stem for winding the spring motor.

. Another object of our invention is to provide a simple, cheap and durable talking machine, having certain details oi construction and combination of parts hereinafter more fully described. y I

ln the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of my irn-v proved talking machines;

Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of Fig. 1 showing the motor and other interior working parts in dotted lines; t

TEig. i is an enlarged side elevation of the attaching means for the needle holder and stylus;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view of the securing means between the hase and the motor housing;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the governor control lever;

Fig. 7 is a perspective view et the stop mechanism for the rotatable record supporting disk or tahle;

Fig. 8 is a vertical sectional view ot the governor; and

lig. 9 is a perspective view of the geven nor showing the several parte in their disassembled relation.

Referring now to the drawings; l represents the hase of our improved talking machine and which is provided with upwardly turned portions 2 forming guides for the housing 3. The housing at its lower edge is provided with downwardly extending ears d arranged in pairs and spaced apart e distance slightly greater than the width of the upwardly turned` portions 2 and adapted to be turned under against the lower face 0f the base l whereby the base and housing are locked together. he base 1 is provided with a downwardly de ressed portion 6 and secured to the upper ace of the base and surrounding the depressed portion is a plate 7 which has an opening and a downwardlyA extending Bange 8 entering the depressed portion and forming a bearing. Mounted within the dange 8 and resting in the depressed portion is a shaft 9 around which is loosely arranged the drum 10. The lower end of the spring drum 10 is 4provided with a gear i1 which meshes with a small pinion 12 carried by the shaft 13. Within the drum 10 is a coiled spring 10 which has one end secured to the shaft 9 and the opposite end secured to the drum, Iwhereby the drum is caused to rotate. Said shaft 13 has its lower end mounted in the base 1 and its upper end passing through and journaled in the housing 3 and carries at its upper end above the housin the record supporting table 14 all of whlch is well understood and needs no further description.

The shaft 9 above the sprin drum 10 is provided with a gear 15 rigidly ocked thereon. This gear is formed of a disk of sheet metal having a Hange turned downwardly around its periphery and cut out to form teeth i6 as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. 'The housing 3 on one side is provided with an upwardly extending arm 17 made of sheet metal and having its upper end i8 turned inwardly over the housing and in which is mounted a shaft 19 which extends through the upper end of the housing and has rigidly secured thereon a gear 20. This gear 20 meshes with the gear teeth l5 oin the gear 15 and the upper end of the shaft 19 is formed to receive a crank whereby the shaft is rotated and the spring wound. he shaft i9 has a coil spring 20 surrounding the saine and having its convohjtions snugly engaging the shaft and has its upper end secured to the bracket 18 at 18".

The lower end ci the spring is tree which allows the shaft to be freely rotated in a direction to unwind the spring so that the spring drum may he wound but in the reverse direction of the shaft causes the spring 20 to hind tightly against the shaft and hold the same against rotation. Mountedo on the shaft between the base and the inwardly turned portion 18 0i the arm i7 is a sleeve 2l made of sheet metal and provided with outwardly extending ears 22 and 23 between which is pivoted the ear 2d carried by the sound box 25. 'lhe sleeve 21 is tree to oscillate on the shalt and whereby the sound boa is :tree to iz'ollow the sound grooves in thea record, which will be later described.

rlhe sound bon 25 consists ci a sheet ot metal stamped in the form oi a saucer with the dange 26 adapted' to receive the diaphragm 26. llhe center or said sheet oi metal is provided with an opening and surrounding said opening is a tunnel shaped member 28 adapted to support the horn 29, as clearly shown in Fig. l of the drawings. 'l'he sound bon 25 has the sheet oit metal ont which it is ormed provided with an eXtension 30 provided with the two curved ears 31 and 32. 'The stylus supporting member consists of a cross shaped member 33 made of sheet metal and the portion 3d resting in the curved ears and the portion 35 rest ing against the diaphragm 26 and said stylus supporting member is held in said position by the spring metal clip 3d which extends across the same and around the eX- tension 30 or the sound bor. yllhe outer end of the stylus supporting member has a soclret 37 formed by the plate 38 which carries a set screw 39 and whereby the needle Ai0 is removably supported in the said stylus member.

The upper end of the housing is provided with a slot lll in which is pivotally mounted the downwardly turned end d0 ol the lever 4l made of sheet metal and having the upwardly extending portion d2 adapted to engage the edge of the record supporting dislr or table ld and whereby the same is held against rotation. 'llhe outer end oli the lever enters a slot d2 in the casing and frictionally engages the same for holding it in its adjusted position. Said slot serves as guide therefore and is provided with an upwardly extending portion li3 forming va linger grip whereby the lever is swung upon its pivot and portion ,l-2 moved in engagement with the edge of the table ld and wedges and holds itself thereagainst lor stopping the table.

Mounted in the housing 3 is a speed governor for controlling the speed of the machine and which consists ont a shaft 4d which 'is mounted in the base l and extends through the upper end of thehousing and provided with a telt covered pulley d5 adapted to engage the inner periphery oi the ldange of the table lll and whereby said shaft is driven from the said table. ln order that the pulley will engage the table at all times, so as to drive the shalt, we provide a spring d6 secured to thevhousing at one end and having its opposite end pro .vided with a semi-circular portion i7 which embraces the shalt andas shown in ldig. 3 ot the drawings, normally holds the pulley in engagement with the table. The shaft del has rigidly secured thereto adjacent its upper end, the arms d8 and t9 which have hoolred lower ends engaging the pivoted weight carrying members and 5l pivoted in the dislr 52. The dish 52 is loosely mounted upon the shalt so as to have a ver tical movement thereon also carries the rigid arm 53, through which the'shait dt loosely passes, and between the said arm and the arms i8 and 49 and surrounding the shaft lt is a coil spring 4:9 which bears on the arm 53 and holds the dislr 52 in its downward position, which in turn holds the weight carrying members 50 and 5l in their inward position. The dish 52 has the bevel .tace 53 which engages the extension 54C of the lever 55 pivoted in a slot 55 (as shown in llig. 3) in the base and extending up through the slot 56 in the housing. l'llhe lever 55 is sprung into position and presses against the underlace oit the top oi the case' and is thus held by friction in any position in which it is placed. When the motor speeds up the weightedmembers 50 and 5l draw the dish 52 upwardly against the entension l'and retards the record supporting table and by swinging the lever the movement oil the lever is varied before it engages the extension, owing to the .beveled 'face 53 as will be readily understood.

llt is obvious that minor changes in the details oi" construction and arrangement ot parts may be made without departing from the spirit ot the invention, as set forth in the appended. claims.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is v l. A tallring machine comprisinga housing, a spring driven drum in said housing, a record supporting table driven by the drum, a shalt extending upwardly through the casing, means connecting the shaft with the spring within the drum for winding the spring lor driving the drum and a sound box mounted upon the winding shalt.

2. A talking machine comprising a housn ing, a spring driven drum in said housing, a record supporting table driven by the drum, a shalt extending upwardly through the casing, means connecting the lower end ot the shalt with the spring within the drum for winding the spring tor driving the drum, a sleeve loosely mounted on the shalt above the casing, and a sound bon pivoted on said sleeve.

3. A tallring machine comprising a housing, a spring driven drum in said housing, a record supporting table driven by the drum, a shalt extending upwardly through the casing, means connecting the lower end or the shaiht with the spring within the drum for liti lll@

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lllli I so 4. A talking machine comprising a hous-4 ing, a spring driven drumv in said housing, a record supporting table driven by the drum, a shaft extending upwardly through the casing, means connectlng the lower end of the shaft with the spring within the drum forv winding the spring for driving the drum, a sleeve loosely mounted on said shaft above the casing, ears carried by said sleeve, a sound box having an ear pivoted between the ears on the sleeve and the upper end of the shaft above the sleeve constructed to receive a crank whereby the same may be rotated for winding the drum.

5. A talking machine comprising a housing, a spring driven drum in said housing, a shaft extending into the drum and connected to the spring, a record supporting table above the housing and driven by the drum, a shaft extending vertically through the casing, gears connecting the shafts for winding the spring, a sound box pivotally mounted on said vertically extending shaft to move in a vertical and horizontal plane, a speed governor driven by the table for controlling the speed of the governor, and a stop pivoted to the housing and adapted to engage the table for stopping the same.

6. A talking machine comprising a housing, a spring driven drum in said housing, a vertical shaft in the housing and driven by the drum, a record supporting table carried by the shaft, a speed governor driven by the table, means for controlling the speed of said governor, a shaft vertically disposed in said housing, a gear carried by the lower end of theshaft and meshing with a gear carried by the shaft connected to the spring, the upper end of .the shaft having means for receiving a crank whereby it is rotated to Wind the spring, a spring tightly surrounding the shaft and adapted to form a lock to prevent the rotation thereof in one direction, a sleeve surrounding the spring and having out ward-ly extending vertical parallel ears, a sound box having an ear extending between the ears of the sleeve and pivoted therebetween and means for engaging the record supporting table for stopping the same.

7. A talking machine comprising a housing, a spring driven drum in said housing, a record supporting table supported above the housing and driven by the drum, a vertiv cal shaft extending into the housing, a gear connection between the spring and the shaft for winding the spring, through the shaft, a sleeve loosely mounted on the shaft above the housing, a sound box horizontally pivoted to said sleeve, a speed governor driven by the record supporting table, a lever for varying the speed of the governor, and a stop pivoted to the housing and engaging the edge of the table for stopping the same.

8. A talking machine comprising a housing, a spring-driven drum in said housing, a. vertical shaft in the housing and driven by the drum, a record-supporting table carried by the said shaft, a second shaft extending vertically into said housing, a winding shaft extendlng from said drum and carrying a gear, a gear carried by said second shaft and meshing with said gear carried by the shaft extending from said drum, the upper end of the shaft constructed to receive a crank for rotating the same, whereby' the spring in the drum is wound, a coiled spring closely surrounding the second shaft and forming a lock to prevent the backwardv movement of the shaft, a sleeve loosely surrounding lthe spring and having outwardly extending vertical parallel ears, a sound-box having ears pivoted between the ears of the sleeve, and a stop for the record-supporting table for stopping the same.

9. A talking machine comprising a housing, a spring driven drum in said housing, a record supporting table above the housing, means connecting the drum and table for rotating the table, a vertical shaft extending into the housing, a gear connection for Winding the spring witliin the drum, a sleeve loosely mounted on the shaft above the housing, and a sound box horizontally pivoted to said sleeve, whereby the sound box may be swung over the record and lowered thereon.

10. A talking machine comprising a housing, a record supporting table above the housing, means within the housing for rotating the table, a vertical shaft for winding the table rotating means and extending above the housing, and a sound box carried by the shaft and having a vertical and horizontal movement thereon.

In testimony whereof we aiiix our signatures, in the presence of two witnesses.

HARRY T. KINGSBURY. EDWARD J. KINGSBURY. Witnesses:

Cms'rnn L. Kmosnnnr, HELEN G. CLARK. 

